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The US eliminated measles in 2000: Why is it back now?
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The US eliminated measles in 2000: Why is it back now?

by Angela Roberts, The Baltimore Sun Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care providers to be “on alert” for patients with symptoms of measles—a virus declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000—after nearly two dozen cases have been reported across the country in the past month. Between Dec....

Once On The Brink Of Eradication, Syphilis Is Raging Again
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Once On The Brink Of Eradication, Syphilis Is Raging Again

April 14, 20215:00 AM ETHeard on Morning Edition APRIL DEMBOSKY Syphilis cases in California have contributed to soaring national caseloads of sexually transmitted diseases. Experts point to the advent of dating apps, less condom use and an increase in meth.Wladimur Bulgar/Science Photo Library/Getty Images In certain circles of San Francisco, a case of syphilis can be...